Crime And Courts
Alleged bank robber to be charged federally
ABERDEEN -- A woman accused of robbing a Mobridge bank will be charged in federal court.
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:50 pm | (0) Comments
Search under way inmate who walked away from minimum security prison
Authorities in Rapid City are searching for a state inmate who walked away Friday morning from a minimum-security prison.
Updated: 11:08 am | (1) Comments
Rapid City real estate agent pleads guilty to bribing DOT official
RAPID CITY -- A Rapid City real estate agent has pleaded guilty to bribing a state Department of Transportation official.
Nov 20, 2009 | 10:00 am | (3) Comments
Sentencing hearing under way for Wyoming trooper
A sentencing hearing got under way Thursday for a former Wyoming state trooper who admitted kidnapping a truck driver in what prosecutors say was an aborted murder plot.
Nov 20, 2009 | 8:45 am | (3) Comments
Fort Pierre man with 10 lifetime DUIs sentenced to prison
PIERRE - A Fort Pierre man with 10 lifetime arrests for driving under the influence has been sentenced to five years in prison for his latest one.
Nov 20, 2009 | 8:00 am | (5) Comments
'Most-wanted' woman arrested in Huron
HURON -- One of the people on the most-wanted list in Tulsa, Okla., has been arrested by police in Huron and accused of forgery, false impersonation, possession of a controlled substance by deception and doctor shopping.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:30 pm | (5) Comments
Possible motive surfaces in slaying of Mitchell teen
MITCHELL -- Court documents say the apparent slaying of a Mitchell teenager might have been sparked by romantic jealousy.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:00 pm | (1) Comments
Dad accused of forcing son into field, killing him
HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. - A 37-year-old father irate over hearing his 15-year-old son had sexual contact with a 3-year-old girl made the teen strip at gunpoint, marched him to a vacant lot and shot him to death despite pleas from the boy and his mother, a relative said.
Nov 19, 2009 | 8:30 am | (3) Comments
Former Pierre man charged in fatal Hughes County crash
PIERRE -- A 22-year-old former Pierre man has been indicted in an October 2008 crash in northern Hughes County that killed a man and the unborn child of a woman.
Nov 19, 2009 | 8:00 am | (0) Comments
Some lifers at state prison seek parole hearing
SIOUX FALLS - A complaint filed in Sioux Falls federal court says some penitentiary inmates have been denied their right to a parole hearing. The case involves 17 inmates who received a life sentence before 1979 when a law creating the sentence of life without parole took effect.
Nov 18, 2009 | 8:30 am | (3) Comments
Ex-Union Pacific worker says company is responsible for her West Nile virus
OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Railroad will have to defend itself from a lawsuit by a former employee who says the company should have protected her better from getting West Nile virus.
Nov 17, 2009 | 2:00 pm | (3) Comments
Wyo. man charged with murder in infant's death
CASPER, Wyo. -- A Casper man has been charged with first-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, with prosecutors saying he suffocated his 9-month-old infant.
Nov 17, 2009 | 8:45 am | (0) Comments
Neb. man stabs bull mastiff to protect Chihuahua
FIRTH, Neb. - Lancaster County authorities say a 64-year-old Firth man was defending his Chihuahua when he stabbed a 94-pound bull mastiff.
Nov 17, 2009 | 8:15 am | (2) Comments
Bond revoked for Fort Pierre man charged with stealing rodeo horse
PIERRE -- Bond has been revoked for a Fort Pierre man charged in four different cases, including one involving a rodeo barrel-racing horse taken from the Stanley County Fairgrounds.
Nov 17, 2009 | 8:00 am | (0) Comments
BIA superintendent's son sentenced for drug conspiracy
By all accounts, Brandon Ecoffey led a double life after he graduated from Dartmouth College and returned to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Nov 17, 2009 | 8:00 am | (36) Comments
Authorities identify man charged with drunkenly waving gun at family
Wesley Wayne Stark, 27, faces five counts of aggravated assault and drunken driving after being arrested Saturday evening. He is accused of threatening a family with a gun in an apparent case of road rage.
Nov 16, 2009 | 12:45 pm | (9) Comments
Little Eagle man who assaulted officer gets nearly 13 years in prison
A man convicted in the nonfatal shooting of a federal officer was sentenced to 12 years and 11 months in federal prison.
Nov 16, 2009 | 8:00 am | (0) Comments
Rapid City man sentenced for marijuana conspiracy
A Rapid City man who pleaded guilty for conspiring to distribute a controlled substance was sentenced to 37 months in prison, five years of supervised release and fined $500 by Chief U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
Nov 14, 2009 | 9:00 pm | (1) Comments
Judge says courts must change to help kids
As he approaches a new stage in his life, 7th Circuit Court Judge Merton Tice is committed to finding a way to change the system he says does not do the best it can for children.
Nov 13, 2009 | 8:30 pm | (4) Comments
Woman who fled with children to Middle East pleads guilty to a lesser charge
The Rapid City mother who fled with her two children to the United Arab Emirates in July must undergo a court-ordered psychological evaluation before she is sentenced next month.
Nov 13, 2009 | 12:50 pm | (4) Comments
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